§ MR. ARTHUR WILLIAMS (Glamorgan, S.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether there is any Order or Regulation which prohibits, regulates, or controls the holding of meetings by those employed in Her Majesty's Dockyards, for the purpose of discussing their position and making known their grievances; and, if so, whether he will state the terms of any such Order or Regulation?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe Regulations affecting the meeting of employÉs in the Public Service are issued Depart-mentally, and must depend upon the conditions and nature of the employment given. In the dockyards only a proportion of those employed are in the permanent service of the country, the remainder are periodically hired. The 1111 Admiralty have not hitherto found it necessary to issue any Regulations on the subject.
§ MR. ARTHUR WILLIAMSI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether there is any Order or Regulation which prohibits, regulates, or controls the holding of meetings by those employed in any branch of the Department for the purpose of discussing their position and making known their grievances; and, if so, whether he will state the terms of any such Order or Regulation?
§ *SIR M. HICKS BEACHIt has never been found necessary to make any Regulations of the kind referred to by the hon. Member. The staff of the Board of Trade, though numerous, is scattered over the whole of the United Kingdom.